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grows tall and stately, with pinnate leaves. Manna is procured 

 from this variety. That which naturally exudes is called tear 

 manna ; but that which is obtained by incision is called canulaied 

 or flaky manna. 



4. {BEECH. Fagus sylvestris. 



The F. ferruginea, or AMERICAN BEECH, is a tree of a tall and 

 majestic form; the leaves oval, acuminate, serrate, shining ; the 

 fruit small, triangular ; the kernel sweet ; it affords an oil. The 

 timber is fine. It is raised from seeds. 



5. {BUTTON WOOD. Platanus occidentalis. 



A tree which sometimes attains an .enormous size. Its growth is 

 very upright; its leaves very large, alternate, of a beautiful shining 

 green, and deeply lobed ; the flowers are a globular ball, an inch in 

 diameter. The bark is smooth, separating in scales. A noble tree. 

 It is raised from seeds. 



6. S. S. {CAMPHOR. Laurus camphora. 



A native of Japan; a tree rising one hundred and fifty feet in 

 height, which M. Michaux is persuaded will do well in Georgia. 

 It may succeed in Florida. The leaves are oval, pointed ; the 

 flowers of a white color ; the fruit deep purple. The wood of the 

 tree, and especially the root chopped small, yields camphor by 

 distillation in water. 



7. {{CATALPAS. Bignonia catalpa. 



A native of America ; a large tree, with a round head ; the leaves 

 are very large and cordate, of a bright green ; the flowers are in 

 very large clusters, of a white color, touched with purple ; they 

 appear in July, and are very showy and beautiful. Long cylin- 

 drical pods, a foot or more in length, enclose the seeds. The bark 

 is tonic, stimulant, and powerfully antiseptic. It is raised from 

 seeds. The timber is very durable. 



8. VIRGINIA CHERRY. See page 223. 



9. (1.) {{HORSE CHESTNUT. JEsculns Mppocastanum. 



A noble and extremely hardy tree, evidently from Northern Asia. 

 It rises from fifty to sixty feet, in elegant and compact proportion. 

 The leaves are large, palmated, in five leaflets on a common petiole, 

 of a dark green, and the tree forms an impervious shade; the 

 blossoms appear in May or June ; they are in large clusters, of a 

 white color mottled with red, and of a superb appearance. The 

 fruit is large, enclosed in a prickly hull. They are devoured by 

 cattle. They produce a fine starch. It is raised from seeds. 



(2.) (^VARIEGATED-LEAVED HORSE CHESTNUT. JE. fol. varieg. 

 A new variety, of a very remarkable and striking appearance, which 

 originated in the nursery grounds of the author, and was there first 

 discovered in 1841. Some of the leaves are wholly of a pure white 

 color; others of a pure white on one half to the central division; 

 others striped with pure white and green. 



10. {CYPRESS. 



We enumerate two varieties, 1st, Deciduous Cypress, (Cupressus 

 disticia,) a native of the Southern States, where it grows to an enor- 

 mous iu0, vary erect and stately, and bear* the climate in the lati- 



